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TIL that the rumbling sound your belly makes when you're gassy is called borborygmus

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KwDG TIL that the oldest living thing on Earth is 6,000 tons of grass
R7MAl TIL that while he often said "my dear Watson" and "elementary", Sherlock Holmes never actually said the often used quote "Elementary, my dear Watson".
1YM7 TIL About a man, Bradley Birkenfeld, who was jailed for 40 months then, upon release from prison, received the largest whistleblower award in History of $104,000,000 USD
b7k4 TIL there’s a new type of cement that not only takes 80 to 90% less energy to produce but also cheaper and stronger than normal cement
ZX4 TIL that the Portuguese Man O’ War jellyfish is not a single creature, but actually a colony of interconnected specialized organisms functioning in unison, which are themselves incapable of independent survival